Madhaw Anand

In Bihar, the long-standing prohibition policy is back in the spotlight as members from the ruling party voice concerns over its success and influence on the economy. While Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary remains steadfast in his approach to maintain it and combat illegal activities, opposition is mounting.

In a bold statement, a prominent figure from Bihar's Rashtriya Lok Morcha has called for a critical reassessment of the state's long-standing liquor ban, highlighting the alarming drop in state revenues. He proposes a comprehensive public awareness initiative to educate citizens instead of maintaining the prohibition, which he argues leads to financial losses to neighboring regions.

Opposition parties in Bihar called the JD(U) workers’ meet on Sunday a flop show.

Amid the last minute seat-sharing parleys among NDA allies in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday invited Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha for a one-on-one meeting with him in New Delhi on Monday.

Former union minister Upendra Kushwaha was on Sunday elected national president of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) for the third consecutive term.

A day after forming a third front with BSP and Janwadi Party (Socialist), RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha received a major jot on Wednesday when his national secretary general madhaw anand resigned from the party. Anand took the decision after his meeting with RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday night though he was with Kushwaha at the press conference earlier in the day.

According to one seat-sharing formula model, BJP may contest 20 seats while allocating 12 seats to JDU, 6 to Ram Vilas Paswan-headed LJP and 2 to RLSP.

NDA allies Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP and Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP wasted no time in starting off hectic parleys with Lalu Prasad’s RJD on Friday, the moment BJP chief Amit Shah and JD(U) president and CM Nitish Kumar announced in Delhi that their parties would contest equal number of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, which sends 40 MPs to Lok Sabha.

As Gaya Town celebrates its political icon, Prem Kumar, he prepares to step into the prestigious role of Speaker of the Bihar assembly, marking his ninth term as an MLA. Nominated by the ruling NDA, his uncontested rise to the position reflects a stable political landscape, as no opposition candidates emerged.

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, who severed ties with the BJP and resigned from the Union council of ministers accusing PM Narendra Modi of reducing the Union Cabinet to a “rubber stamp”, on Wednesday decided to formally join the Bihar’s grand alliance after a series of talks with the Congress and RJD leaders.

The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party on Thursday expressed regret over the RJD's indifference towards its efforts to keep the Grand Alliance intact and authorised its founding president Upendra Kushwaha to decide the party's future course. At an emergency meeting of the party, the RLSP leaders deplored the RJD's propensity for taking "ektarfa" (unilateral) decisions.

All is not well in the Grand Alliance in poll-bound Bihar, its key constituent Rashtriya Lok Samata Party asserted on Wednesday and dropped ample hints that a possibility of exit from the opposition coalition and return to the ruling NDA could not be ruled out.

Insiders in the RLSP said the party wanted to field its national spokesperson madhaw anand from East Champaran while Ujiarpur would be kept reserve for Kushwaha if he decided to change his constituency. The party wants Jehanabad to field an upper caste leader

After their meeting in Patna with LJD chief Sharad Yadav last week, leaders of the three smaller Mahagathbandhan constituents — RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, HAM (S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and VIP chief Mukesh Sahni — met expelled JD (U) functionary Prashant Kishor in New Delhi on Thursday.